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Yes, your graphics are large enough so we can see that 360 came in second in the demo, but it's still way behind Fox in the 8PM hour.As far as the 10PM hour, the demo has not changed dramatically and there were two debates that put 360over the top.CNN still did not do as well as MSNBC with the Republican debates.They were at least 2 million behind and the Daily Show emphasized how utterly ridiculous their lead-ins and intros were for the candidates.

It is possible that Isha Sesay might be onCNN a little more. Backstory is now hershow and Michael Holmes will be anchoringthe 10 AM hour of CNN I. It is on CNNObservations. That means her schedule ischanging . Hmmm. 360 should have anAnderson & Isha segment. Also, the 360show open is boring. Come up with a pre-produced open , a 360 trailer if you will,then go to Anderson doing a kick butt introsimilar to the Ridiculist. Sometimes 360 isa yawner from the start.

IMHO if 360 has to use pundits, they need togo with LZ and Will Cain. With them the talkseems more cerebral and is a welcome changefrom the blah, blah on CNN. I'm not a fan ofpundits but these 2 are the best CNN has. Therest of the crew is freaking annoying. LZ &Will seem genuine and don't seem to have anagenda. Yes, you know their politics but it isan honest conversation between those 2. Ari& Roland made me turn the channel and I didn't come back to 360.

Also, I hope that Erin Burnett works. Thereis a new promo for Outfront and the showlooks interesting. The big problem for heris that most CNN viewers have no idea whoshe is. On top of that she is following JK,USA, which is doing nothing for CNN. Sheneeds all of the help she can get and CNNis making her situation more difficult. WhatCNN does at 4,5 & 6 will impact her show.Give her a chance to succeed ,not fail.

CNN will have to eventually do something about the prime time roller coaster, You can't go up at 8, down at 9 & up at 10. PMTis yet another problem and added to a listof fixing things that are wrong for CNN.

It is going to be rough for all 3 cable newschannels. None can be too happy with theratings this weekend. Last night 2 & A HalfMen had 28 million viewers. Cable news isgoing to take a big hit. Later today we willfind out who took the biggest hits. Grantedyou have college football and NFL games onthe weekend but is it always this bad forcable news on the weekend. The problemfor all of them is the lack of news and toomuch politics and made up discussions.

The ratings for CNN were down morning, dayand night. on Monday and on Tuesday therewas a report that says the audiences for thebig 3 are growing. That is not a coincidence.I'm sensing viewer frustration.CNN has to get beyond the talking heads.

I go with the Daily Show & Colbert for 6-7PM.The problem for CNN is the product. CNN ismust skip television. Real time news is the bigthing now. Instead of constantly giving viewersfresh content, CNN is just making stuff up thatno one cares about.. There is a real world thatCNN completely ignores. The comedians havemore credibility than CNN because they are notblinded by ideology. You don't engage yourviewers with ideology. You engage them withcontent, story-telling,original reporting thathas a point and means something as well asvideo since television is a visual medium.

CNN should have me saying did you see that,not I don't want to see this . Click, I'm gone.Network news is the only place to get newsthese days. Americans don't live or breathepolitics 24/7. There is such a disconnect.

In actuality CNN is decreasing their contentand replacing it with opinion.CNN destroyedtheir brand and there is a backlash brewing.Ignore viewers at your own peril. Viewersare not going to take that. nor should they.

I just can't take the pundits anymore on CNN.For the past 2 days I deleted 360 from theDVR because of this. Their opinions addnothing to the conversation. It sounds likea broken record.

Hire back Nicole Lapin and give her a showthat is an hour of tech/social media news.There is no shortage of material on the web.Give it a hip cool look. When Current TV wasgood, they had people like Max & Jason andConor Knighton. Hire them to be a part of theshow. Nicole can pull this off.

Toure made an appearance on CNN yesterday.Give the man the 7 o'clock hour CNN needsnew blood.

Stay with Anderson Cooper 360 at 8 & putOutfront With Erin Burnett on at 9.

Keep the 360 repeat at 10 but edit it withsome new elements. Go with JK, USA at 11.PMT is a lost cause.

Do not count on Erin Burnett having a top show.I saw a promo of hers and it was so underwelming I switched the channel.She's very mousey and has no real appeal. She will prove to be a lemon and I don't mean a Don.

360 did not do well on Tuesday nite.It came in last in totals and underperformed in both the 8 and 10PM slots because content was off.It led with Bullying which is an important topic IF you are an educator and if you are a "gay person."Entirely too much emphasis is being placed, Not on bullying, but on sexual orientation and bullying.Are gays the ONLY people who presumably are bullied?360 would like you to believe that and it is not true.If you are going to explore a topic it should encompass the entire subject. Not one variable.Children are people and people are subject to ridicule for many reasons and ALL those reasons should be explored. There should be NO exclusions.

It just came to me that a show with Isha Sesay and Erin Burnett, might work.Both don't have a built in following and although Isha is competent, I'm not sure she could stand alone as an anchor and hold an audience.I KNOW Erin Burnett is no show personality. It took her how many months to get her feet wet and we still haven't seen her.But together, it just may work.They'd have to collaborate and to my knowledge, there has not been a cable news show with two female anchors and women like to watch women. Just a thought.This do know. Alone Erin Burnett will tank.

Anon 10:38 I have always said that CNN shouldhave a women's show in prime time. The namesI said were Erin Burnett,Isha Sesay, Alina Cho &a Latina female. Each of them could bring theirown style of journalism,fashion and personalities.No politics. Throw in the music bumps in and outthat women can relate to and there you go. I caneto this website a while back and said I am not interested in money just a commitment to a showfor 3 years. Cable news can't keep ignoring women.

The DOW has slid 400 points and CNN's Erin Burnett, crowned princess of Business School, still has not made an official appearance.What is wrong with her?She can't come and tell us what we already know: That the Euro is a faulty currency and when one country fails, all the rest will fall like dominoes.How long will it take for her to get her act together and when she finally does, no one will care.

360 redeemed itself on Wednesday nite because of the execution of Troy Davis.As usual, when breaking news is breaking, and there's literally nothing else to watch, people turn to the news.CNN needs to lose Piers Moron.It is increasingly clear that he can't sustain the 9PM position and it is silly for him to appear in between to ends of 360.All he does is interrupt thought patterns with nonsense.

Here's the problem for CNN : they have no loyalviewers. WHy ? CNN goes with opposing povs andnot the heart of the matter. Nobody is going towatch that each night.

What is going on with Wall St is all about Greece.It has nothing to do with the United States. It isabout the European Union coming up with asolution for their banks. 391 pts is not that big.500 pts is another story. Everybody knows yourportfolio goes up and down with the market. Itis called talking a risk.I for one chose no to buythe culture of fear CNN is selling. You have amedia that is overreacting because they missedeverything in 2008. Can't trust it.

CNN has not even reported on the protests onWall St but they care when the market takes ahit because the stock price of Time Warner getshit hard because it is a media stock. They comeacross as tea party protectors, When you traveloverseas, the tea party is why folks worry aboutthe US political system.By the way CNN theausterity in the UK is a disaster. It ended upmaking the economy worst. There is now people warning against cutting to quick anddrastically. It is to be gradually implemented.At CNN the fix is in, they don't really want totell you what is going on. Too bad for themthat the BBC is around.

Even with Troy Davis, Piers Morgan could nothold on to 360 numbers. CNN needs to quittrying to turn him into a journalist. AndersonCooper was handing down and that is why thenumbers dropped. Somebody needs to comeup with a plan for a replacement for Piers.

Finally, CNN has to quit being unprofessional.They did a story about a woman in Dallas withbig hair, an afro. Somehow CNN thought it wasappropriate to use clips from Undercover Brother& the Naked Gun to make jokes about her hair.How dumb can you be. You don't make fun ofsomeone's culture.

Hire George Stroumbouloulos. He can beatRachel Maddow and it is a great show. Hejust kicked off season 8. Strombo would easily be the Jon Stewart of CNN. I watch Toure on Fuse. I really dig him, Hoppus &Cee Lo Green. Fuse has some good shows.

There are 2 surveys out today on the news mediahas some interesting findings. People really don'ttrust the media to report the news fully, accuratelyor fairly. There is a perception that they are toopartisan. Could it be because of pundits ? I don'tunderstand why the reporters can't cover the who,what when,where or why basics. The news shoulddrive the day and not the noise. Luckily, CNN is aworldwide brand and that is way they come tomind for viewers.CNN should be more about newsand less about politics. CNN should be committedto the news.

I cannot fathom how Fox News got 6 million viewers to watch their GOP debate during the 9-10PM hours.I know Fox is the most trusted news organization when it comes to the GOP, but that's double or triple what CNN got just a week or so ago.Something tells me, a whole lot of Independent voters viewed those debates on Fox this week.

Erin Burnett actually said, last nite on 360, that she hoped to be a strong lead in for AC's show.She doesn't need to worry about HIS show. She needs to worry about HER show and who's a strong lead in for Out Front.John King will do the lead in for Her show and so far, his show is anything but strong, ratings wise.

Until Outfront hits the airwaves it is hard tosay if the show will work for CNN. Maybe itcould be continuity for once for at least 2CNN shows with 360 & Outfront. I hope weget a promo this week telling us more about the show and who the team is and what is thepoint and goal of the show. I give them creditfor striking the right tone with promos. It hasme interested but if it turns out not to be trueto what the show is all about I will be one ticked off viewer.

How can Anderson Cooper rail against the partisansin Washington, yet reward the same behavior for 360. Last night he had 2 right wing extremists on360.CNN is a major contributor to hateful,divisivepolitics. Shouldn't Cooper keep himself honest. Isee no difference between Washington and whathe does with pundits each night. It is just more ofthe same silliness.